Cost-Benefit Analysis: Concepts and Practice (2nd Edition)

A Textbook That Shows How The Theories And Techniques Of Cba Are Applied To Real-world Situations. Emphasizes Clear Discussion Over Mathematics, And Application Over Abstract Theory. Introduction To Cost-benefit Analysis -- Conceptual Foundations Of Cost-benefit Analysis -- Basic Microeconomic Foundations Of Cost-benefit Analysis -- Valuing Benefits And Costs In Primary Markets -- Valuing Benefits And Costs In Secondary Markets -- Discounting Future Benefits And Costs -- Dealing With Uncertainty: Expected Value, Sensitivity Analysis, And The Value Of Information -- Option Price And Option Value -- Existence Value -- The Social Discount Rate -- Valuing Impacts From Observed Behavior: Demonstrations -- Valuing Impacts From Observed Behavior: Direct Estimation Of Demand Curves -- Valuing Impacts From Observed Behavior: Other Revealed Preference Methods -- Valuing Impacts Through Surveys: Contingent Valuation -- Shadow Prices From Secondary Sources -- Shadow Prices: Applications To Developing Countries -- Cost-effectiveness Analysis And Cost-utility Analysis -- Distributionally Weighted Cost-benefit Analysis -- How Accurate Is Cba? -- A Selected Cost-benefit Analysis Bibliography. Anthony E. Boardman ... [et Al.]. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 489-510) And Index.